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# HORRID HENRY AND THE MUMMY'S CURSE

## Meet HORRID HENRY the laugh-out-loud worldwide sensation!

  Over 15 million copies sold in 27 countries and counting

  # 1 chapter book series in the UK

  Francesca Simon is the only American author to ever win the Galaxy British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year (past winners include J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, and Eoin Colfer).

Horrid Henry is a fabulous antihero... **a modern comic classic**." — _Guardian_

" **Wonderfully appealing to girls and boys alike** , a precious rarity at this age." —Judith Woods, _Times_

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### "The best children's comic writer."

**—Amanda Craig, _Times_**

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" **I love the Horrid Henry books by Francesca Simon**. They have lots of funny bits in. And Henry always gets into trouble!" —Mia, age 6, _BBC Learning Is Fun_

"My two boys love this book, and **I have actually had tears running down my face and had to stop reading because of laughing so hard**." —T. Franklin, Parent

" **It's easy to see why Horrid Henry is the bestselling character for five- to eight-year-olds**." — _Liverpool Echo_

"Francesca Simon's truly horrific little boy is **a monstrously enjoyable creation**. Parents love them because Henry makes their own little darlings seem like angels." — _Guardian Children's Books Supplement_

"I have tried out the Horrid Henry books with groups of children as a parent, as a babysitter, and as a teacher. **Children love to either hear them read aloud or to read them themselves**." —Danielle Hall, Teacher parents when they read Horrid Henry. **There's a tiny bit of him in all of us**." —Nancy Astee, _Child Education_

" **As a teacher...it's great to get a series of books my class loves**. They go mad for Horrid Henry." —A teacher

" **Henry is a beguiling hero who has entranced millions of reluctant readers**." — _Herald_

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### "An absutely fantastic series and surely a winner with all children Long Live Francesca Simon and her brilliant books More more please!"

**—A parent**

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" **Laugh-out-loud reading for both adults and children alike**." —A parent

" **Horrid Henry certainly lives up to his name, and his antics are everything you hope your own child will avoid—which is precisely why younger children so enjoy these tales**." — _Independent on Sunday_

"Henry might be unbelievably naughty, totally wicked, and utterly horrid, but **he is frequently credited with converting the most reluctant readers into enthusiastic ones**...superb in its simplicity." — _Liverpool Echo_

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### "Will make you laugh out loud."

**— _Sunday Times_**

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"Parents reading them aloud may be consoled to discover that Henry can always be relied upon to behave worse than any of their own offspring." — _Independent_

" **What is brilliant about the books is that Henry never does anything that is subversive**. She creates an aura of supreme naughtiness (of which children are in awe) but points out that he operates within a safe and secure world... **eminently readable** books." —Emily Turner, _Angels and Urchins_

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### "Inventive and funny, with appeal for boys and girls alike, and super illustrations by Tony Ross."

**— _Jewish Chronicle_**

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"Accompanied by fantastic black-and-white drawings, the book is a joy to read. **Horrid Henry has an irresistible appeal to everyone—child and adult alike!** He is the child everyone is familiar with—irritating, annoying, but you still cannot help laughing when he gets into yet another scrape. Not quite a devil in disguise but you cannot help wondering at times! No wonder he is so popular!" —Angela Youngman

## Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb

Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse

Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend

Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats

Horrid Henry's Christmas

# HORRID HENRY AND THE MUMMY'S CURSE

Francesca Simon

_Illustrated by_ Tony Ross

Text © Francesca Simon 2000
Internal illustrations © Tony Ross 2000
Cover illustrations © Tony Ross 2008
Cover and internal design © 2009 by Sourcebooks, Inc.

Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567–4410
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Originally published in Great Britain in 2000 by Orion Children's Books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Simon, Francesca.
Horrid Henry and the mummy's curse / Francesca Simon ; illustrated by Tony Ross.
p. cm.

Originally published: Great Britain : Orion Children's Books, 2000.

[1. Behavior—Fiction.] I. Ross, Tony, ill. II. Title.

PZ7.S604Hoaq 2009

[Fic]—dc22

2008039688

Printed and bound in the United States of America.

VP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
_For my friends and advisers,
Joe and Freddy Gaminara_

## CONTENTS

1 Horrid Henry's Hobby

2 Horrid Henry's Homework

3 Horrid Henry's Swimming Lesson

4 Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse

## 1

## HORRID HENRY'S HOBBY

"Out of my way, worm!" shrieked Horrid Henry, pushing past his younger brother Perfect Peter and dashing into the kitchen.

"NO!" screamed Perfect Peter. He scrambled after Henry and clutched his leg.

"Get off me!" shouted Henry. He grabbed the unopened Sweet Tweet cereal box. "Nah nah ne nah nah, I got it first."

Perfect Peter lunged for the Sweet Tweet box and snatched it from Henry. "But it's my turn!"

"No, mine!" shrieked Henry.

He ripped open the top and stuck his hand inside.

"It's mine!" shrieked Peter. He ripped open the bottom.

A small wrapped toy fell to the floor.

Henry and Peter both lunged for it.

"Gimme that!" yelled Henry.

"But it's my turn to have it!" yelled Peter.

"Stop being horrid, Henry!" shouted Mom. "Now give me that thing!"

Henry and Peter both held on tight.

"NO!" screamed Henry and Peter. "IT'S MY TURN TO HAVE THE TOY!"

Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter both collected Gizmos from inside Sweet Tweet cereal boxes. So did everyone at their school. There were ten different colored Gizmos to collect, from the common green to the rare gold. Both Henry and Peter had Gizmos of every color. Except for one. Gold.

"Right," said Mom, "whose turn is it to get the toy?"

"MINE!" screamed Henry and Peter.

"He got the last one!" screeched Henry. "Remember—he opened the new box and got the blue Gizmo."

It was true that Perfect Peter had got the blue Gizmo—two boxes ago. But why should Peter get any? If he hadn't started collecting Gizmos to copy me, thought Henry resentfully, I'd get every single one.

"NO!" howled Peter. He burst into tears. "Henry opened the last box."

"Crybaby," jeered Henry.

"Stop it," said Peter.

"Stop it," mimicked Henry.

"Mom, Henry's teasing me," wailed Peter.

"I remember now," said Mom. "It's Peter's turn."

"Thank you, Mom," said Perfect Peter.

"It's not fair!" screamed Horrid Henry as Peter tore open the wrapping. There was a gold gleam.

"Oh my goodness," gasped Peter. "A gold Gizmo!"

Horrid Henry felt as if he'd been punched in the stomach. He stared at the glorious, glowing, golden Gizmo.

"It's not fair!" howled Henry. "I want a gold Gizmo!"

"I'm sorry, Henry," said Mom. "It'll be your turn next."

"But I want the gold one!" screamed Henry.

He leaped on Peter and yanked the Gizmo out of his hand. He was Hurricane Henry uprooting everything in his path.

"Hellllllllp!" howled Peter.

"Stop being horrid, Henry, or no more Gizmos for you!" shouted Mom. "Now clean up this mess and get dressed."

"NO!" howled Henry. He ran upstairs to his room, slamming the door behind him.

He had to have a gold Gizmo. He simply had to. No one at school had a gold one. Henry could see himself now, the center of attention, everyone pushing and shoving just to get a look at his gold Gizmo. Henry could charge 50¢ a peek. Everyone would want to see it and to hold it. Henry would be invited to every birthday party. Instead, Peter would be the star attraction. Henry gnashed his teeth just thinking about it.

But how could he get one? You couldn't buy Gizmos. You could only get them inside Sweet Tweet cereal boxes. Mom was so mean she made Henry and Peter finish the old box before she'd buy a new one. Henry had eaten mountains of Sweet Tweet cereal to collect all his Gizmos. All that hard work would be in vain, unless he got a gold one.

He could, of course, steal Peter's. But Peter would be sure to notice, and Henry would be the chief suspect.

He could swap. Yes! He would offer Peter _two_ greens! That was generous. In fact, that was really generous. But Peter hated doing swaps. For some reason he always thought Henry was trying to cheat him.

And then suddenly Henry had a brilliant, spectacular idea. True, it did involve a little tiny teensy weensy bit of trickery, but Henry's cause was just. _He'd_ been collecting Gizmos far longer than Peter had. He deserved a gold one, and Peter didn't.

"So, you got a gold Gizmo," said Henry, popping into Peter's room. "I'm really sorry."

Perfect Peter looked up from polishing his Gizmos. "Why?" he said suspiciously. " _Everyone_ wants a gold Gizmo."

Horrid Henry looked sadly at Perfect Peter. "Not anymore. They're very unlucky, you know. Every single person who's got one has died horribly."

Perfect Peter stared at Henry, then at his golden Gizmo.

"That's not true, Henry."

"Yes it is."

"No it isn't."

Horrid Henry walked slowly around Peter's room. Every so often he made a little note in a notebook.

"Marbles, check. Three knights, check. Nature kit—nah. Coin collection, check."

"What are you doing?" said Peter.

"Just looking at your stuff to see what I want when you're gone."

"Stop it!" said Peter. "You just made that up about gold Gizmos—didn't you?"

"No," said Henry. "It's in all the newspapers. There was the boy out walking his dog who fell into a pit of molten lava.

There was the girl who drowned in the toilet, and then that poor boy who—"

"I don't want to die," said Perfect Peter. He looked pale. "What am I going to do?"

Henry paused. "There's nothing you can do. Once you've got it you're sunk."

Peter jumped up.

"I'll throw it away!"

"That wouldn't work," said Henry.

"You'd still be jinxed. There's only one way out—"

"What?" said Perfect Peter.

"If you give the gold away to someone brave enough to take it, then the jinx passes to them."

"But no one will take it from me!" wailed Peter.

"Tell you what," said Henry. "I'll take the risk."

"Are you sure?" said Peter.

"Of course," said Horrid Henry. "You're my brother. You'd risk your life for me."

"OK," said Peter. He handed Henry the gold Gizmo. "Thank you, Henry. You're the best brother in the world."

"I know," said Horrid Henry.

He actually had his very own gold Gizmo in his hand. It was his, fair and square. He couldn't wait to see Moody Margaret's face when he waved it in front of her. And Rude Ralph. He would be green with envy.

Then Perfect Peter burst into tears and ran downstairs.

"Mom!" he wailed. "Henry's going to die! And it's all my fault."

"What?" screeched Mom.

Uh oh, thought Henry. He clutched his treasure.

Mom stormed upstairs. She snatched the gold Gizmo from Henry.

"How could you be so horrid, Henry?" shouted Mom. "No TV for a week! Poor Peter. Now get ready. We're going shopping."

"NO!" howled Henry. "I'm not going!"

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Horrid Henry scowled as he followed Mom up and down the aisles of the Happy Shopper. He'd crashed the cart into some people so Mom wouldn't let him push it. Then she caught him filling the cart with chips and soda and made him put them all back. What a horrible rotten day this had turned out to be.

"Yum, cabbage," said Perfect Peter. "Could we get some?"

"Certainly," said Mom.

"And spinach, my favorite!" said Peter.

"Help yourself," said Mom.

"I want candy!" screamed Henry.

"No," said Mom.

"I want doughnuts!" screamed Henry.

"No!" screamed Mom.

"There's nothing to eat here!" shrieked Henry.

"Stop being horrid, Henry," hissed Mom. "Everyone's looking."

"I don't care."

"Well I do," said Mom. "Now make yourself useful. Go and get a box of Sweet Tweets."

"All right," said Henry. Now was his chance to escape. Before Mom could stop him he grabbed a cart and whizzed off.

"Watch out for the racing driver!" squealed Henry. Shoppers scattered as he zoomed down the aisle and screeched to a halt in front of the cereal section. There were the Sweet Tweets. A huge pile of them, in a display tower, under a twinkling sign saying, "A free Gizmo in every box! Collect them all!"

Henry reached for a box and put it in his cart.

And then Horrid Henry stopped. What was the point of buying a whole box if it just contained another green Gizmo? Henry didn't think he could bear it. I'll just check what's inside, he thought. Then, if it _is_ a green one, I'll be prepared for the disappointment.

Carefully, he opened the box and slipped his hand inside. Aha! There was the toy. He lifted it out, and held it up to the light. Rats! A green Gizmo, just what he'd feared.

But wait. There was bound to be a child out there longing for a green Gizmo to complete his collection just as much as Henry was longing for a gold. Wouldn't it be selfish and horrid of Henry to take a green he didn't need when it would make someone else so happy?

I'll just peek inside one more box, thought Horrid Henry, replacing the box he'd opened and reaching for another.

Rip! He tore it open. Red.

Hmmm, thought Henry. Red is surplus to requirements.

Rip! Another box opened. Blue.

Rip! Rip! Rip!

Green! Green! Blue!

I'll just try one more at the back, thought Henry. He stood on tiptoe, and stretched as far as he could. His hand reached inside the box and grabbed hold of the toy.

The tower wobbled.

CRASH!

Horrid Henry sprawled on the ground. Henry was covered in Sweet Tweets. So was the floor. So were all the shoppers.

"HELP!" screamed the manager, skidding in the mess. "Whose horrid boy is this?"

There was a very long silence.

"Mine," whispered Mom.

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Horrid Henry sat in the kitchen surrounded by boxes and boxes and boxes of Sweet Tweets. He'd be eating Sweet Tweets for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for weeks. But it was worth it, thought Henry happily. Banned for life from the Happy Shopper, how wonderful. He uncurled his hand to enjoy again the glint of gold.

Although he _had_ noticed that Scrummy Yummies were offering a free Twizzle card in every box. Hmmmm, Twizzle cards.

## 2

## HORRID HENRY'S HOMEWORK

Ahhhh, thought Horrid Henry. He turned on the TV and stretched out. School was over. What could be better than lying on the sofa all afternoon, eating chips and watching TV? Wasn't life great?

Then Mom came in. She did not look like a mom who thought life was grand. She looked like a mom on the warpath against boys who lay on sofas all afternoon, eating chips and watching TV.

"Get your feet off the sofa, Henry!" said Mom.

"Unh," grunted Henry.

"Stop getting chips everywhere!" snapped Mom.

"Unh," grunted Henry.

"Have you done your homework, Henry?" said Mom.

Henry didn't answer.

"HENRY!" shouted Mom.

"WHAT!" shouted Henry.

"Have you done your homework?"

"What homework?" said Henry. He kept his eyes glued to the TV.

"Go, Mutants!" he screeched.

"The five spelling words you are supposed to learn tonight," said Mom.

"Oh," said Henry. " _That_ homework."

Horrid Henry hated homework. He had far better things to do with his precious time than learn how to spell "zipper" or work out the answer to 6 × 7. For weeks Henry's homework sheets had ended up in the recycling box until Dad found them. Henry swore he had no idea how they got there and blamed Fluffy the cat, but since then Mom and Dad had checked his school bag every day.

Mom snatched the remote and switched off the TV.

"Hey, I'm watching!" said Henry.

"When are you going to do your homework, Henry?" said Mom.

"SOON!" screamed Henry. He'd just returned from a long, hard day at school. Couldn't he have any peace around here? When he was king anyone who said the word "homework" would get thrown to the crocodiles.

"I had a phone call today from Miss Battle-Axe," said Mom. "She said you got a zero in the last ten spelling tests."

"That's not _my_ fault," said Henry. "First I lost the words, then I forgot, then I couldn't read my writing, then I copied the words wrong, then—"

"I don't want to hear any more silly excuses," said Mom. "Do you know your spelling words for tomorrow?"

"Yes," lied Henry.

"Where's the list?" Mom asked.

"I don't know," said Henry.

"Find it or no TV for a month," said Mom.

"It's not fair," muttered Henry, digging the crumpled spelling list out of his pocket.

Mom looked at it.

"There's going to be a test tomorrow," she said. "How do you spell 'goat'?"

"Don't you know how, Mom?" asked Henry.

"Henry..." said Mom.

Henry scowled.

"I'm busy," moaned Henry. "I promise I'll tell you right after Mutant Madman. It's my favorite show."

"How do you spell 'goat'?" said Mom.

"G-O-T-E," snapped Henry.

"Wrong," said Mom. "What about 'boat'?"

"Why do I have to do this?" wailed Henry.

"Because it's your homework," said Mom. "You have to learn how to spell."

"But why?" said Henry. "I never write letters."

"Because," said Mom. "Now spell "boat."

"B-O-T-T-E," said Henry.

"No more TV until you do your homework," said Mom.

"I've done all _my_ homework," said Perfect Peter. "In fact, I enjoyed it so much I've already done tomorrow's homework as well."

Henry pounced on Peter. He was a cannibal tenderizing his victim for the pot.

"Eeeeyowwww!" screamed Peter.

"Henry! Go to your room!" shouted Mom. "And don't come out until you know _all_ your spelling words!"

Horrid Henry stomped upstairs and slammed his bedroom door. This was so unfair! He was far too busy to bother with stupid, boring, useless spelling. For instance, he hadn't read the new Mutant Madman comic book. He hadn't finished drawing that treasure map. And he hadn't even begun to organize his new collection of Twizzle cards. Homework would have to wait.

There was just one problem. Miss Battle-Axe had said that everyone who spelled all their words correctly tomorrow would get a pack of Big Bopper candy. Henry loved Big Bopper candy. Mom and Dad hardly ever let him have them. But why on earth did he have to learn spelling words to get some? If _he_ were the teacher, he'd only give candy to children who couldn't spell. Henry sighed. He'd just have to sit down and learn those stupid words.

4:30. Mom burst into the room. Henry was lying on his bed reading a comic.

"Henry! Why aren't you doing your homework?" said Mom.

"I'll do it in a sec," said Henry. "I'm just finishing this page."

"Henry..." said Mom.

Henry put down the comic.

Mom left. Henry picked up the comic.

5:30. Dad burst into the room. Henry was playing with his knights.

"Henry! Why aren't you doing your homework?" said Dad.

"I'm tired!" yawned Henry. "I'm just taking a little break. It's hard having so much work!"

"Henry, you've only got five words to learn!" said Dad. "And you've just spent two hours _not_ learning them."

"All right," snarled Henry. Slowly, he picked up his spelling list. Then he put it down again. He had to get in the mood. Soothing music, that's what he needed. Horrid Henry switched on his radio. The terrible sound of the Driller Cannibals boomed through the house.

"OH, I'M A CAN-CAN-CANNIBAL!" screamed Henry, stomping around his room. "DON'T CALL ME AN ANIMAL JUST 'CAUSE I'M A CAN-CAN-CANNIBAL!"

Mom and Dad stormed into Henry's bedroom and turned off the music.

"That's enough, Henry!" said Dad.

"DO YOUR HOMEWORK!" screamed Mom.

"IF YOU DON'T GET EVERY SINGLE WORD RIGHT IN YOUR TEST TOMORROW THERE

WILL BE NO TELEVISION FOR A WEEK!" shouted Dad.

EEEK! No TV _and_ no candy! This was too much. Horrid Henry looked at his spelling words with loathing.

GOAT

BOAT

SAID

STOAT

FRIEND

"I hate goats! I'll never need to spell the word 'goat' in my life," said Henry. He hated goat's cheese. He hated goat's milk. He thought goats were smelly. That was one word he'd definitely never need to know.

The next word was "boat." Who needs to spell that? thought Henry. I'm not going to be a sailor when I grow up. I get seasick. In fact, it's bad for my health to learn how to spell "boat."

As for "said," what did it matter if he spelled it "sed"? It was perfectly understandable, written "sed." Only an old fusspot like Miss Battle-Axe would mind such a tiny mistake.

Then there was "stoat." What on earth was a stoat? What a mean, sneaky word. Henry wouldn't know a stoat if it sat on him. Of all the useless, horrible words, "stoat" was the worst. Trust his teacher, Miss Battle-Axe, to make him learn a horrible, useless word like stoat.

The last word was "friend." Well, a real friend like Rude Ralph didn't care how the word "friend" was spelled. As far as Henry was concerned any friend who minded how he spelled "friend" was no friend. Miss Battle-Axe included that word to torture him.

Five whole spelling words. It was too much. I'll never learn so many words, thought Henry. But what about tomorrow? He'd have to watch Moody Margaret and Jolly Josh and Clever Clare chomping away at those delicious Big Boppers, while he, Henry, had to gnash his empty teeth. Plus no TV for a week! Henry couldn't live that long without TV! He was sunk. He was doomed to be candy-less, and TV-less.

But wait. What if there was a way to get that candy without the horrid hassle of learning to spell? Suddenly, Henry had a brilliant, spectacular idea. It was so simple Henry couldn't believe he'd never thought of it before.

He sat next to Clever Clare. Clare always knew the spelling words. All Henry had to do was to take a little peek at her work. If he positioned his chair right, he'd easily be able to see what she wrote. And he wouldn't be copying her, no way. Just double-checking. I am a genius, thought Horrid Henry. 100% right on the test. Loads of Big Bopper candy. Mom and Dad would be so thrilled they'd let him watch extra TV. Hurray!

Horrid Henry swaggered into class the next morning. He sat down in his seat between Clever Clare and Beefy Bert. Carefully, he inched his chair over a fraction so that he had a good view of Clare's paper.

"Spelling test!" barked Miss Battle-Axe. "First word—goat."

Clare bent over her paper. Henry pretended he was staring at the wall, then, quick as a flash, he glanced at her work and wrote "goat."

"Boat," said Miss Battle-Axe. Again Horrid Henry sneaked a look at Clare's paper and copied her. And again. And again.

This is fantastic, thought Henry. I'll never have to learn any spelling words. Just think of all the comic books he could read instead of wasting his time on homework! He sneaked a peek at Beefy Bert's paper. Blank. Ha ha, thought Henry.

There was only one word left. Henry could taste the tingly tang of a Big Bopper already. Wouldn't he swagger around! And no way would he share his candy with anyone.

Suddenly, Clare shifted position and edged away from him. Rats! Henry couldn't see her paper anymore.

"Last word," boomed Miss Battle-Axe. "Friend."

Henry twisted in his seat. He could see the first four words. He just needed to get a tiny bit closer...

Clare looked at him. Henry stared at the ceiling. Clare glared, then looked back at her paper. Quickly, Henry leaned over and...YES! He copied down the final word, "friend."

Victory!

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Mmmmm, boy, did those Big Boppers taste great!

Someone tapped him on the shoulder. It was Miss Battle-Axe. She was smiling at him with her great big yellow teeth.

Miss Battle-Axe had never smiled at Henry before.

"Well, Henry," said Miss Battle-Axe. "What an improvement! I'm thrilled."

"Thank you," said Henry modestly.

"In fact, you've done so well I'm promoting you to the top spelling group. Twenty-five extra words a night. Here's the list."

Horrid Henry's jaws stopped chomping. He looked in horror at the new spelling list. It was littered with words. But not just any words. Awful words. Mean words. Long words. HARD words.

Hieroglyphs.

Trapezium.

Diarrhea.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" shrieked Horrid Henry.

## 3

## HORRID HENRY'S SWIMMING LESSON

Oh no! thought Horrid Henry. He pulled the blanket tightly over his head. It was Thursday. Horrible, horrible, Thursday. The worst day of the week. Horrid Henry was certain Thursdays came more often than any other day.

Thursday was his class swimming day. Henry had a nagging feeling that this Thursday was even worse than all the other awful Thursdays.

Horrid Henry liked the bus ride to the pool. Horrid Henry liked doing the dance of the seven towels in the changing room. He also liked hiding in the lockers, throwing socks in the pool, and splashing everyone.

The only thing Henry didn't like about going swimming was...swimming.

The truth was, Horrid Henry hated water. Ugggh! Water was so...wet! And soggy. The chlorine stung his eyes. He never knew what horrors might be lurking in the deep end. And the pool was so cold penguins could fly in for the winter.

Fortunately, Henry had a brilliant list of excuses. He'd pretend he had warts, or a tummy ache, or had lost his swimsuit. Unfortunately, the mean, nasty, horrible swimming teacher, Soggy Sid, usually made him get in the pool anyway.

Then Henry would duck Dizzy Dave, or splash Weepy William, or pinch Gorgeous Gurinder, until Sid ordered him out. It was not surprising that Horrid Henry had never managed to get his five-meter badge.

Arrrgh! Now he remembered. Today was test day. The terrible day when everyone had to show how far they could swim. Aerobic Al was going for gold. Moody Margaret was going for silver. The only ones who were still trying for their five-meter badges were Lazy Linda and Horrid Henry. Five whole meters! How could anyone swim such a vast distance?

If only they were tested on who could sink to the bottom of the pool the fastest, or splash the most, or spit water the farthest, then Horrid Henry would have every badge in a jiffy. But no. He had to leap into a freezing cold pool, and, if he survived that shock, somehow thrash his way across five whole meters without drowning.

Well, there was no way he was going to school today.

Mom came into his room.

"I can't go to school today, Mom," Henry moaned. "I feel terrible."

Mom didn't even look at him.

"Thursday-itis again, I presume," said Mom.

"No way!" said Henry. "I didn't even know it was Thursday."

"Get up, Henry," said Mom. "You're going swimming and that's that."

Perfect Peter peeked around the door.

"It's badge day today!" he said. "I'm going for fifty meters!"

"That's great, Peter," said Mom. "I bet you're the best swimmer in your class."

Perfect Peter smiled modestly.

"I just try my best," he said. "Good luck with your five-meter badge, Henry," he added.

Horrid Henry growled and attacked. He was a Venus flytrap slowly mashing a frantic fly between his deadly leaves.

"Eeeeeowwww!" screeched Peter.

"Stop being horrid, Henry!" screamed Mom. "Leave your poor brother alone!"

Horrid Henry let Peter go. If only he could find some way not to take his swimming test he'd be the happiest boy in the world.

* * *

Henry's class arrived at the pool. Okay, thought Henry. Time to unpack his excuses to Soggy Sid.

"I can't go swimming, I've got a wart," lied Henry.

"Take off your sock," ordered Soggy Sid.

Rats, thought Henry.

"Maybe it's better now," said Henry.

"I thought so," said Sid.

Horrid Henry grabbed his stomach.

"Tummy pains!" he moaned. "I feel terrible."

"You seemed fine when you were prancing around the pool a moment ago," snapped Sid. "Now get changed."

Time for the killer excuse.

"I forgot my swimsuit!" said Henry. This was his best chance of success.

"No problem," said Soggy Sid. He handed Henry a bag. "Put on one of these."

Slowly, Horrid Henry rummaged in the bag. He pulled out a bikini top, a blue suit with a hole in the middle, a pair of pink underpants, a tiny pair of green trunks, a polka-dot one piece with bunnies, see-through white shorts, and a diaper.

"I can't wear any of these!" protested Horrid Henry.

"You can and you will, if I have to put them on you myself," snarled Sid.

Horrid Henry squeezed into the green trunks. He could barely breathe. Slowly, he joined the rest of his class pushing and shoving by the side of the pool.

Everyone had millions of badges sewn all over their suits. You couldn't even see Aerobic Al's bathing suit beneath the stack of badges.

"Hey you!" shouted Soggy Sid. He pointed at Weepy William. "Where's your swimsuit?"

Weepy William glanced down and burst into tears.

"Waaaaah," he wailed and ran weeping back to the changing room.

"Now get in!" ordered Soggy Sid.

"But I'll drown!" screamed Henry. "I can't swim!"

"Get in!" screamed Soggy Sid.

Good-bye, cruel world. Horrid Henry held his breath and fell into the icy water. ARRRRGH! He was turning into an iceberg!

He was dying! He was dead! His feet flailed madly as he sank down, down, down—clunk! Henry's feet touched the bottom.

Henry stood up, choking and spluttering. He was waist-deep in water.

"Linda and Henry! Swim five meters—now!"

What am I going to do? thought Henry. It was so humiliating not even being able to swim five meters! Everyone would tease him. And he'd have to listen to them bragging about their badges! Wouldn't it be great to get a badge? Somehow?

Lazy Linda set off, very very slowly. Horrid Henry grabbed onto her leg. Maybe she'll pull me across, he thought.

"Ugggh!" gurgled Lazy Linda.

"Leave her alone!" shouted Sid. "Last chance, Henry."

Horrid Henry ran along the pool's bottom and flapped his arms, pretending to swim.

"Did it!" said Henry.

Soggy Sid scowled.

"I said swim, not walk!" screamed Sid. "You've failed. Now get over to the far lane and practice. Remember, anyone who stops swimming during the test doesn't get a badge."

Horrid Henry stomped over to the far lane. No way was he going to practice! How he hated swimming! He watched the others splashing up and down, up and down. There was Aerobic Al, doing his laps like a bolt of lightning. And Moody Margaret. And Kung-Fu Kate. Everyone would be getting a badge but Henry. It was so unfair.

"Pssst, Susan," said Henry. "Have you heard? There's a shark in the deep end!"

"Oh yeah, right," said Sour Susan. She looked at the dark water in the far end of the pool.

"Don't believe me," said Henry. "Find out the hard way. Come back with a leg missing."

Sour Susan paused and whispered something to Moody Margaret.

"Shut up, Henry," said Margaret. They swam off.

"Don't worry about the shark,

Andrew," said Henry. "I think he's already eaten today."

"What shark?" said Anxious Andrew.

Andrew stared at the deep end. It did look awfully dark down there.

"Start swimming, Andrew!" shouted Soggy Sid.

"I don't want to," said Andrew.

"Swim! Or I'll bite you myself!" snarled Sid.

Andrew started swimming.

"Dave, Ralph, Clare, and Bert—start swimming!" bellowed Soggy Sid.

"Look out for the shark!" said Horrid Henry. He watched Aerobic Al tearing up and down the lane. "Gotta swim, gotta swim, gotta swim," muttered Al between strokes.

What a show-off, thought Henry. Wouldn't it be fun to play a trick on him?

Horrid Henry pretended he was a crocodile. He sneaked under the water to the middle of the pool and waited until Aerobic Al swam overhead. Then Horrid Henry reached up.

Pinch! Henry grabbed Al's thrashing leg.

"AAAARGGG!" screamed Al. "Something's grabbed my leg. Help!" Aerobic Al leaped out of the pool.

Tee hee, thought Horrid Henry.

"It's a shark!" screamed Sour Susan. She scrambled out of the pool.

"There's a shark in the pool!" screeched Anxious Andrew.

"There's a shark in the pool!" howled Rude Ralph.

Everyone was screaming and shouting and struggling to get out.

The only one left in the pool was Henry.

Shark!

Horrid Henry forgot there were no sharks in swimming pools.

Horrid Henry forgot _he'd_ started the shark rumor.

Horrid Henry forgot he couldn't swim.

All he knew was that he was alone in the pool—with a shark!

Horrid Henry swam for his life. Shaking and quaking, splashing and crashing, he torpedoed his way to the side of the pool and scrambled out.

He gasped and panted. Thank goodness. Safe at last! He'd never ever go swimming again.

"Five meters!" bellowed Soggy Sid. "You've all failed your badges today, except for—Henry!"

"Waaaaaaahhhhhh!" wailed the other children.

"Whoopee!" screamed Henry. "Olympics, here I come!"

## 4

## HORRID HENRY AND THE MUMMY'S CURSE

Tiptoe. Tiptoe. Tiptoe.

Horrid Henry crept down the hall. The coast was clear. Mom and Dad were in the garden, and Peter was playing at Tidy Ted's.

Tee hee, thought Henry, then darted into Perfect Peter's room and shut the door.

There it was. Sitting unopened on Peter's shelf. The grossest, yuckiest, most stomach-curdling kit Henry had ever seen. A brand-new, deluxe "Curse of the Mummy" kit, complete with a plastic body to mummify, mummy-wrapping

gauze, curse book, amulets, and, best of all, removable mummy organs to put in a canopic jar. Peter had won it at the "Meet a Real Mummy" exhibition at the museum, but he'd never even played with it once.

Of course, Henry wasn't allowed into Peter's bedroom without permission. He was also not allowed to play with Peter's toys. This was so unfair, Henry could hardly believe it. True, he wouldn't let Peter touch his Boom-Boom Basher, his Goo-Shooter, or his Dungeon Drink kit. In fact, since Henry refused to share _any_ of his toys with Peter, Mom had forbidden Henry to play with any of Peter's toys—or else.

Henry didn't care—Perfect Peter had boring baby toys—that is, until he brought home the mummy kit. Henry had ached to play with it. And now was his chance.

Horrid Henry tore off the wrapping and opened the box.

WOW! So gross! Henry felt a delicious shiver. He loved mummies. What could be more thrilling than looking at an ancient, wrapped-up DEAD body? Even a pretend one was wonderful. And now he had hours of fun ahead of him.

Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter!

Oh help, someone was coming up the stairs! Horrid Henry shoved the mummy kit behind him as Peter's bedroom door swung open and Perfect Peter strolled in.

"Out of my way, worm!" shouted Henry.

Perfect Peter slunk off. Then he stopped.

"Wait a minute," he said. "You're in _my_ room! You can't order me out of my own room!"

"Oh yeah?" blustered Henry.

"Yeah!" said Peter.

"You're supposed to be at Ted's," said Henry, trying to distract him.

"He got sick," said Peter. He stepped closer. "And you're playing with my kit! You're not allowed to play with any of my things! Mom said so! I'm going to tell her right now!"

Uh oh. If Peter told on him, Henry would be in big trouble. Very big trouble. Henry had to save himself, fast. He had two choices. He could leap on Peter and throttle him. Or he could use weasel words.

"I wasn't playing with it," said Henry smoothly. "I was trying to protect you." "No you weren't," said Peter. "I'm telling."

"I was too," said Henry. "I was trying to protect you from the Mummy's Curse."

Perfect Peter headed for the door. Then he stopped.

"What curse?" said Peter.

"The curse that turns people into mummies!" said Henry desperately.

"There's no such thing," said Peter.

"Wanna bet?" said Henry. "Everyone knows about the mummy's curse! They take on the shape of someone familiar but really, they're mummies! They could be your cat—"

"Fluffy?" said Peter. "Fluffy, a mummy?"

Henry looked at fat Fluffy snoring peacefully on a cushion.

"Even Fluffy," said Henry. "Or Dad. Or Me. Or you."

"I'm not a mummy," said Peter.

"Or even—" Henry paused melodramatically and then whispered, "Mom."

"Mom, a mummy?" gasped Peter.

"Yup," said Henry. "But don't worry. You help me draw some Eyes of Horus. They'll protect us against...her."

"She's not a mummy," said Peter.

"That's what she wants us to think," whispered Henry. "It's all here in the mummy curse book." He waved the book in front of Peter. "Don't you think the mummy on the cover resembles you-know-who?"

"No," said Peter.

"Watch," said Horrid Henry. He grabbed a pencil.

"Don't draw on a book!" squeaked Peter.

Henry ignored him and drew glasses on the mummy.

"How about now?" he asked.

Peter stared. Was it his imagination or did the mummy look a little familiar?

"I don't believe you," said Peter. "I'm going straight down to ask Mom."

"But that's the worst thing you could do!" shouted Henry.

"I don't care," said Peter. Down he went.

Henry was sunk. Mom would probably cancel his birthday party when Peter blabbed. And he'd never even had a chance to play with the mummy kit! It was so unfair.

Mom was reading on the sofa.

"Mom," said Peter, "Henry says you're a mummy."

Mom looked puzzled.

"Of course I'm a mummy," she said.

"What?" said Peter.

"I'm your mummy," said Mom, with a smile.

Peter took a step back.

"I don't want you to be a mummy," said Peter.

"But I am one," said Mom. "Now come and give me a hug."

"No!" said Peter.

"Let me wrap my arms around you," said Mom.

"NO WRAPPING!" squealed Peter. "I want my mommy!"

"But I'm your mummy," said Mom.

"I know!" squeaked Peter. "Keep away, you...Mummy!"

Perfect Peter staggered up the stairs to Henry.

"It's true," he gasped. "She said she was a mummy."

"She did?" said Henry.

"Yes," said Peter. "What are we going to do?"

"Don't worry, Peter," said Henry. "We can free her from the curse."

"How?" breathed Peter.

Horrid Henry pretended to consult the curse book.

"First we must sacrifice to the Egyptian gods Osiris and Hroth," said Henry.

"Sacrifice?" said Peter.

"They like cat guts, and stuff like that," said Henry.

"No!" squealed Peter. "Not...Fluffy!"

"However," said Henry, leafing through the curse book, "marbles are also acceptable as an offering."

Perfect Peter ran to his toy box and scooped up a handful of marbles.

"Now get me some toilet paper," added Henry.

"Toilet paper?" said Peter.

"Do not question the priest of Anubis!" shrieked Henry.

Perfect Peter got the toilet paper.

"We must wrap Fluffy in the sacred bandages," said Henry. "He will be our messenger between this world and the next."

"Meoww," said Fluffy, as he was wrapped from head to tail in toilet paper.

"Now you," said Henry.

"Me?" squeaked Peter.

"Yes," said Henry. "Do you want to

free Mom from the mummy's curse?" Peter nodded.

"Then you must stand still and be

quiet for thirty minutes," said Henry. That should give him plenty of time to play with the mummy kit.

He started wrapping Peter. Round and round and round and round went the toilet paper until Peter was tightly wrapped from head to toe.

Henry stepped back to admire his work. Goodness, he was a brilliant mummy-maker! Maybe that's what he should be when he grew up. Henry, the Mummy-Maker. Henry, World's Finest Mummy-Maker. Henry, Mummy-Maker to the Stars. Yes, it certainly had a ring to it.

"You're a fine-looking mummy, Peter," said Henry. "I'm sure you'll be made very welcome in the next world."

"Huuunh?"said Peter.

"Silence!" ordered Henry. "Don't move. Now I must utter the sacred spell. By the powers of Horus, Morus, Borus, and Stegosaurus," intoned Henry, making up all the Egyptian sounding names he could.

"Stegosaurus?" mumbled Peter.

"Whatever!" snapped Henry. "I call on the scarab! I call on Isis! Free Fluffy from the mummy's curse. Free Peter from the mummy's curse. Free Mom from the mummy's curse. Free— "

"What on earth is going on in here?" shrieked Mom, bursting through the door. "You horrid boy! What have you done to Peter? And what have you done to poor Fluffy?"

"Meoww," yowled Fluffy.

"Mommy!" squealed Perfect Peter.

Eowww, gross! thought Horrid Henry, opening up the plastic mummy body and placing the organs in the canopic jar.

The bad news was that Henry had been banned from watching TV for a week. The good news was that Perfect Peter had said he never wanted to see that horrible mummy kit again.

And now for a sneak peek at one of the
laugh-out-loud stories in
_Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats_

## HORRID HENRY'S RAID

"You're such a pig, Susan!"

"No I'm not! You're the pig!" "You are!" squealed Moody Margaret. "You are!" squealed Sour Susan. "Oink!"

"Oink!"

All was not well at Moody Margaret's Secret Club.

Sour Susan and Moody Margaret glared at each other inside the Secret Club tent. Moody Margaret waved the empty cookie tin in Susan's sour face.

" _Someone_ ate all the cookies," said Moody Margaret. "And it wasn't me."

"Well, it wasn't me," said Susan. "Liar!"

"Liar!"

Margaret stuck out her tongue at Susan. Susan stuck out her tongue at Margaret. Margaret yanked Susan's hair.

"Oww! You horrible meanie!"

shrieked Susan. "I hate you."

She yanked Margaret's hair.

"OWWW!" screeched Moody Margaret. "How dare you?"

They scowled at each other.

"Wait a minute," said Margaret. "You don't think—"

* * *

Not a million miles away, sitting on a throne inside the Purple Hand fort hidden behind prickly branches, Horrid Henry wiped a few biscuit crumbs from his mouth and burped. Mmmm boy, nothing beat the taste of an archenemy's cookies.

The branches parted.

"Password!" hissed Horrid Henry. "Smelly toads."

"Enter," said Henry.

The guard entered and gave the secret handshake.

"Henry, why—" began Perfect Peter. "Call me by my title, Worm!"

"Sorry, Henry—I mean Lord High Excellent Majesty of the Purple Hand."

"That's better," said Henry. He waved his hand and pointed at the ground. "Be seated, Worm."

"Why am I Worm and you're Lord High Excellent Majesty?"

"Because I'm the leader," said Henry.

"I want a better title," said Peter.

"All right," said the Lord High Excellent Majesty, "you can be Lord Worm."

Peter considered.

"What about Lord High Worm?"

"OK," said Henry. Then he froze.

"Worm! Footsteps!"

Perfect Peter peeked through the leaves.

"Enemies approaching!" he warned.

Pounding feet paused outside the entrance.

"Password!" said Horrid Henry.

"Dog poo breath," said Margaret, bursting in. Sour Susan followed.

"That's not the password," said Henry.

"You can't come in," squeaked the guard, a little late.

"You've been stealing the Secret Club cookies," said Moody Margaret.

"Yeah, Henry," said Susan.

Horrid Henry stretched and yawned.

"Prove it."

Moody Margaret pointed to all the crumbs lying on the dirt floor.

"Where did all these crumbs come from, then?"

"Cookies," said Henry.

"So you admit it!" shrieked Margaret.

"Purple Hand cookies," said Henry. He pointed to the Purple Hand skull and crossbones cookie tin.

"Liar, liar, pants on fire," said Margaret.

Horrid Henry fell to the floor and started rolling around.

"Ooh, ooh, my pants are on fire, I'm burning, call the fire fighters!" shouted Henry.

Perfect Peter dashed off.

"Mom!" he hollered. "Henry's pants are on fire!"

Margaret and Susan made a hasty retreat. Horrid Henry stopped rolling and howled with laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha ha—the Purple Hand rules!" he cackled.

"We'll get you for this, Henry," said Margaret.

"Yeah, yeah," said Henry.

"You didn't really steal their cookies, did you, Henry?" asked Lord High Worm the following day.

"As if," said Horrid Henry. "Now get back to your guard duty. Our enemies may be planning a revenge attack."

"Why do I always have to be the guard?" said Peter. "It's not fair."

"Whose club is this?" said Henry fiercely.

Peter's lip began to tremble.

"Yours," muttered Peter.

"So if you want to stay as a temporary member, you have to do what I say," said Henry.

"OK," said Peter.

"And remember, one day, if you're very good, you'll be promoted from junior guard to chief guard," said Henry.

"Ooh," said Peter, brightening.

Business settled, Horrid Henry reached for the cookie tin. He'd saved five yummy chocolate fudge chewies for today.

Henry picked up the tin and stopped. Why wasn't it rattling? He shook it.

Silence.

Horrid Henry ripped off the lid and shrieked.

The Purple Hand cookie tin was empty. Except for one thing. A dagger drawn on a piece of paper. The dastardly mark of Margaret's Secret Club! Well, he'd show them who ruled.

"Worm!" he shrieked. "Get in here!"

Peter entered.

"We've been raided!" screamed Henry. "You're fired!"

"Waaaah!" wailed Peter.

* * *

"Good work, Susan," said the leader of the Secret Club, her face covered in chocolate.

"I don't see why you got three cookies and I only got two when I was the one who sneaked in and stole them," said Susan sourly.

"Tribute to your leader," said Moody Margaret.

"I still don't think it's fair," muttered Susan.

"Tough," said Margaret. "Now let's hear your spy report."

"NAH NAH NE NAH NAH!" screeched a voice from outside.

Susan and Margaret dashed out of the Secret Club tent. They were too late. There was Henry, prancing off, waving the Secret Club banner he'd stolen.

"Give that back, Henry!" screamed Margaret.

"Make me!" said Henry.

Susan chased him. Henry darted.

Margaret chased him. Henry dodged.

"Come and get me!" taunted Henry.

"All right," said Margaret. She walked toward him, then suddenly jumped over the wall into Henry's garden and ran to the Purple Hand fort.

"Hey, get away from there!" shouted Henry, chasing after her. Where was that useless guard when you needed him?

Margaret nabbed Henry's skull and crossbones flag and darted off.

The two leaders faced each other. "Gimme my flag!" ordered Henry. "Gimme my flag!" ordered Margaret. "You first," said Henry.

" _You_ first," said Margaret.

Neither moved.

"OK, at the count of three we'll throw them to each other," said Margaret. One, two, three—throw!"

Margaret held on to Henry's flag.

Henry held on to Margaret's flag.

Several moments passed.

"Cheater," said Margaret.

"Cheater," said Henry.

"I don't know about you, but I have important spying work to get on with," said Margaret.

"So?" said Henry. "Get on with it. No one's stopping you."

"Drop my flag, Henry," said Margaret.

"No," said Henry.

"Fine," said Margaret. "Susan! Bring me the scissors."

Susan ran off.

"Peter!" shouted Henry. "Worm! Lord Worm! Lord High Worm!"

Peter stuck his head out of the upstairs window.

"Peter! Get the scissors! Quick!" ordered Henry.

"No," said Peter. "You fired me, remember?" And he slammed the window shut.

"You're dead, Peter," shouted Henry.

Sour Susan came back with the scissors and gave them to Margaret. Margaret held the scissors to Henry's flag. Henry didn't budge. She wouldn't dare—

Snip!

Aaargh! Moody Margaret cut off a corner of Henry's flag. She held the scissors poised to make another cut.

Horrid Henry had spent hours painting his beautiful flag. He knew when he was beat.

"Stop!" shrieked Henry.

He dropped Margaret's flag. Margaret dropped his flag. Slowly, they inched toward each other, then dashed to grab their own flag.

"Truce?" said Moody Margaret, beaming. "Truce," said Horrid Henry, scowling.

I'll get her for this, thought Horrid Henry. No one touches my flag and lives.

* * *

What tricks will Henry use to attack Margaret's fort? Will Moody Margaret finally defeat Henry? Find out whose flag is still waving at the end of the war in _Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats_.

## The Horrid Henry books
by Francesca Simon

Illustrated by Tony Ross

_Each book contains four stories_

### HORRID HENRY

Henry is dragged to dancing class against his will; vies with Moody Margaret to make the yuckiest Glop; goes camping; and tries to be good like Perfect Peter—but not for long.

### HORRID HENRY TRICKS THE TOOTH FAIRY

Horrid Henry tries to trick the Tooth Fairy into giving him more money; sends Moody Margaret packing; causes his teachers to run screaming from school; and single-handedly wrecks a wedding.

### HORRID HENRY and THE MEGA-MEAN TIME MACHINE

Horrid Henry reluctantly goes for a hike; builds a time machine and convinces Perfect Peter that boys wear dresses in the future; Perfect Peter plays one of the worst tricks ever on his brother; and Henry's aunt takes the family to a fancy restaurant, so his parents bribe him to behave.

### HORRID HENRY'S STINKBOMB

Horrid Henry uses a stinkbomb as a toxic weapon in his long-running war with Moody Margaret; uses all his tricks to win the school reading competition; goes for a sleepover and retreats in horror when he finds that other people's houses aren't always as nice as his own; and has the joy of seeing Miss Battle-Axe in hot water with the principle when he knows it was all his fault.

### HORRID HENRY AND THE SOCCER FIEND

Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter's diary and improves it; goes shopping with Mom and tries to make her buy him some really nice new sneakers; is horrified when his old enemy Bossy Bill turns up at school; and tries by any means, to win the class soccer match.

### HORRID HENRY TRICKS AND TREATS

Horrid Henry encounters the worst babysitter in the world; traumatizes his parents on a long car trip; is banned from trick-or-treating at Halloween; and emerges victorious from a raid on Moody Margaret's Secret Club.

### HORRID HENRY'S CHRISTMAS

Horrid Henry sabotages the Christmas play; tries to do all his Christmas shopping without spending any of his allowance; attempts to ambush Santa Claus (to get more presents of course); and has to endure the worst Christmas dinner ever!

## About the Author

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over fortyfive books and won the Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for _Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman_.

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In a new interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Jennifer Aniston has opened up about her relationship with her estranged and now late mother, Nancy Dow.
Dow, who was married to Aniston's father John Aniston, from 1965 to 1980, and her daughter had a famously complicated and strained relationship up until her death in 2016.
It's reported the pair didn't speak after Dow published her 1999 memoir, From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir and Aniston did not invite Dow to her 2000 wedding to Brad Pitt, though the pair were said to have reconciled after Aniston's divorce from Pitt in 2005.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph about her role in Dumplin', Aniston drew parallels to her character Rosie Dickson's relationship with her daughter Willowdean Dickson, played by Danielle Macdonald.
"One of the reasons I really loved the mother-daughter aspect of it was because it was very similar in a way to what my mother, and our relationship, was," Aniston revealed in the interview.
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Q: How to override background image defined in CSS with another CSS? I have a 'Core.css' which defines a page background image, along with the theme, for the site. But for a specific page I want to change just the background. Any suggestions on how this can be achieved in a separate CSS file?
The HTML for the page is:
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="core.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="index.css" />

And core.css defines:
body
{
        background-image: url('bg.png');
}

While index.css defines:
body
{
    background-image:('homeBg.png');
}

Thanks!

A: If you want to replace the background image with nothing (i.e. make it inactive or "turn it off"), use the "none" keyword in your downstream style sheet:
 background-image: none;

A: For the specific page you can use a css rule in the page, using !important. If you add  your-selector {background: url("the-path-for-the-bg-image") no-repeat !important;} in the file, will override the default background.

A: background defined later should replace the previous ones. So if you have:
Site1.css which has:
.img {
    background: ...
}

Site2.css which has:
.img {
    background: ...
}

then Site2.css .img would replace .img within Site1.css if Site2.css is included after Site1.css on your page.
UPDATE: I'm not sure why the body tag is not being replaced correctly. Could you try to give it a class or id, and use that instead of body?
e.g.
<body id="backgroundTest">

And then in the css files you would do #backgroundTest { background-image... }
And just in case, could you check if homeBg.png exists and index.css. http://yourpage.com/homeBg.png and http://yourpage.com/index.css should both exist.

A: Either set the background in a CSS rule with the same selector as the original rule, and include your new CSS file after the original one, or make sure your new rule has a selector which has a higher specificity: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#specificity
Finally you could give the background property the !important flag, however that is usually a last resort and the sign of a badly organized style sheet.

A: If the page background is set in the body, you can simply overrule it by giving the body in that specific page a class or an id and add (can also be in the same css file...):
body.someClass {
  background: ...
}

or
body#someID {
  background: ...
}

(in both the body part is not really needed as the class and the id overrule the selector)

A: I had the same problem.
What I ended up doing was in my stylesheet which was doing the override, I applied it to not only body, html:
So...
#id, html, body { background-color: #FFF }

Hope this might help someone.

A: in index.css  write
 body { background-image:('homeBg.png') !important;

you can override any property defined anywhere by writing "!important" after it in new file

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Mayor follows Leominster's youth down the Yellow Brick Road
BY AMANDA ROBERGE CHAMPION CORRESPONDENT
It's hard to say whether Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella was helping out the middle school students by joining in the cast of their play, or whether they helped out by letting him.
"I hope [the kids] had as much fun as me," he said of his role as the Wizard.
Either way, the result was a fantastically successful production of The Wizard of Oz where Mazzarella had the time of his life.
"The kids are so funny, and they asked me all kinds of questions, they shared their food with me, we were always backstage chatting," he said. "Honestly, it was a great experience."
With a three show run last weekend, Leominster's middle schools, along with Director Robert Landry and a large production crew, showed audiences what it's made of -: humor, hard work and an entire yellow brick road paved with talent.
Deanna Martinez wowed the room with her lovely singing voice and sincere dramatic portrayal of Dorothy, complete with a real live Toto.
Comic relief was provided by the trio of Peter Hodskins, Samuel Ashton and Wesley Young, who brought laughter and applause with their sweet Scarecrow, big-hearted Tinman and loveable Cowardly Lion.
Small groups of spectacular students - portraying everything from Lollipop Kids to Flying Monkeys to Trees in the Forest - made the performance especially entertaining.
And dozens upon dozens of Tiny Munchkins were played by costumed Leominster thespians from all the elementary and middle schools.
"It was amazing to see these kids day after day, pouring their heart and soul into it," said Mazzarella, who is a longtime fan of the Wizard of Oz.
In fact, when the production was first staged in Leominster 10 years ago, Mazzarella had made an offhand comment to Landry about wanting to be cast when they put it onstage again. A man of his word, he was involved this time around in all aspects of the play. "He took me up on my offer!"
If you think a mayor is too busy to fraternize with the cast in between scenes, think again. "I didn't just jump in and say my lines and run," he said. "I was there when the kids were there; except I didn't have homework to do."
And because the Mayor is used to speaking publicly, his role on the stage at Leominster High School should be second nature, right? "You'd be surprised," he said. "It's not the same… really, it's much harder."
The production made exciting use of technology in their production, from a big-screen tornado scene reminiscent of the one from the original black and white movie starring Judy Garland to Mazzarella himself on that same huge screen as the giant - and daunting - face of the Wizard.
"The kids worked really hard," he added. "I have to say, I'm pretty proud of them."
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Lower school student Arianna Weaver, grade 5, recently showcased two dresses she created in the BayArea Fashion Week (BAFW) Presents Fashionable Kids & Teens show. Prior to the event, Weaver had been involved with DezignKidz, a Mountain View-based organization that has trained more than 1,000 local students how to design and create clothing and accessories. DezignKidz students like Weaver were the youngest designers showcasing their work at the BAFW show, held on Sept. 23 at the Sheraton Four Points in downtown San Jose. Proceeds from the evening benefited Revive, an organization that provides relief for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.


Earlier this season ARTV took a close look at Winchester Ammunition's center-fire pistol operations. But the manufacturer also produces millions of rounds of center-fire rifle ammo each year and is responsible for developing some of the most iconic cartridges in firearm history—cartridges like the .30-30, the .308 Win., the .243 Win., the .300 Win. Mag. among others. This week the ARTV team remains in Winchester's Oxford, Miss., manufacturing plant to understand the challenges of designing and developing center-fire rifle cartridges.
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This is also referred to as the "classic massage.' It's main aim is to relieve you of emotional and physical stress, by giving you a relaxing and calming experience. Other benefits include an improvement in blood circulation, flushing out the toxins in your body and to keep ligaments and tendons supple.
For relieving Back Pain, and ideal for recovery after a Gym Workout. The aim is to reduce muscle tension by releasing knots and restoring elasticity. Deep tissue massage is also designed to increase blood flow to targeted muscles, kick-starting the body's natural healing process.
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A wooden train set running on a wooden track system hardly sounds exhilarating; but don't you believe it! There is such an incredible range of sets from which to choose – and to suit different age groups. Not only that, but there is the excitement of expanding your set with additional track, a bridge, a tunnel, houses, people – there are any number of possibilities. You can also mix and match to create your own personal lay-out. What is more, each set is beautifully crafted from the finest beech wood and the chunky pieces are safe and easy to handle.
Three-years plus is the age group justifiably targeted by Brio as research has shown that children of this age are developing their hand and eye co-ordination as well as their imagination, so a product like this is ideal for their development in a fun environment. They can let their imagination run riot as they act out stories centred on the railway set of their choice.
There is, for example, the Fun in the Farm Starter Set, or the Freight Yard Set, which is one of the most popular ranges. The latter can be expanded by adding smaller sets, such as the Freight Crane and Freight Circle.
The range of My First Train Sets is also a great choice for small children. It comes with three carriages, a track, and a padded house to place on the track through which the train can pass. The other wonderful thing about this set is that the train can also be played with off the track.
The Rail & Road Travel Set incorporates a road as well as the railway track, enabling children to include cars in their role play; while the Cargo Harbour set has a container ship, thus completing the travel triumvirate of road, rail and sea. Incidentally, the double sided Train Play Mat is an excellent way of setting railway scenes.
Battery operated train sets are ideal for older children as they can build their own track and then watch as the train travels around on its own. They will take great delight in seeing the train make its journey around a track that they have constructed themselves. There are also many different pieces of accessories you can buy for them – carriages, bridges, tunnels, stations, buildings and cranes, for example – to add to the fun.
Children will play for hours with their Brio wooden train sets and it has been known for parents to have a go when they think their offspring are not watching, such is the appeal of these delightful toys.
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Parkside regeneration plans approved by St Helens Council
The Parkside site
Kenny Lomas
Published: 09:30 Wednesday 18 December 2019
Two planning applications relating to the regeneration of the former Parkside Colliery in Newton-le-Willows have been approved.
St Helens Council's planning committee heard the applications at a packed-out town hall during a meeting that lasted more than five hours on Tuesday night.
The first application sought outline planning permission for the construction of up to 92,900 m2 of employment floor space at the Parkside site, for storage and distribution purposes, along with ancillary offices and associated servicing and infrastructure.
Parkside Regeneration LLP, a joint venture between commercial developers Langtree and St Helens Council, originally submitted plans for the site in January 2018.
A second application, brought by St Helens Council, sought permission for full planning permission to build a single carriageway road that would link the A49 Winwick Road to the A579 Winwick Lane, enabling access to Junction 22 of the M6.
Both applications are in green belt land but the applicants argued that "very special circumstances" outweighed any harm caused by the developments.
The applicant has estimated the development of the Parkside site would provide 457 full time equivalent jobs during construction and 1,330 gross (930 net) jobs during operation.
Coun Richard McCauley, cabinet member for economic regeneration and housing, said the potential the Parkside link road scheme can unleash is "phenomenal".
Several members of the public spoke out against the applications during the meeting.
Liberal Democrat Newton councillor David Smith also spoke against both applications during the public speaker's section of the meeting.
Coun Smith said the link road will have a "great detrimental effect" across Newton-le-Willows and urged the planning committee to reject both planning applications.
Outline planning permission was granted to the first application subject to the secretary of state not intervening. It was also subject to numerous conditions and a section 106 agreement.
A reserved matters planning application will be submitted at a later date.
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Planning permission for the Parkside link road was also approved subject to the secretary of state not intervening and subject to numerous conditions.
All opposition councillors on the committee voted against both applications.
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In our area of the world, waste water treatment is excellently ensured by closed sewer systems and technically well-equipped treatment plants. The cleaning process starts with removing foreign matter from the waste water. The foreign matter gets caught in the rakes. These so-called screenings consist primarily of organic substances, such as toilet paper, faeces, left-over foodstuff, and substances which do not belong into the sewer system in actual fact, such as diapers. The screenings are hygienically problematic waste which is incinerated as a rule. The Hybag "Filtro" System increases the productivity of this cleaning process considerably.
The state-of-the-art machine technology proven time and again is easy to service, and requires no additional operating staff. In Western Europe, 7.5 kilograms of screenings per inhabitant and year are removed from the domestic waste water on statistical average. The Hybag "Filtro" System is sensible not only for ecological reasons. The plant is a worthwhile investment from economic considerations as well.
Nothing is changed at the conventional outlet system for collecting screenings. Instead of the screenings press used to press the screenings, the separating hammer crusher Hybag "Filtro" System is employed. Experience has shown that as a standard replacement and installation is the rule, and in rare cases only small technical modifications are required. Less incineration costs and higher gas output with "a few flicks of the wrist".


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Nili Lotan is a critically acclaimed designer whose collection of ready to wear is synonymous with sophisticated, timeless wardrobe staples. Born and raised in Israel, Nili's influences remain rooted in her culturally rich upbringing, which inspired her love for fashion from an early age.
After graduating from the prestigious Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Tel Aviv, Nili moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion design where she lead design teams for some of the industry's most iconic names, including Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne and Nautica.
In 2003, Nili launched her eponymous label, grounded in the belief that a woman's wardrobe should function as an extension of herself. She quickly became known for her military inspired separates and signature cami dresses, which were embraced by women seeking understated and effortless pieces with an appreciation for impeccable fit and quality materials.
The majority of Nili's collection is produced in New York where her design studio is based. The first Nili Lotan retail store opened in Tribeca in 2006, followed by her East Hampton store in 2012; the boutiques have evolved to reflect the Nili Lotan lifestyle and present an array of home, art and vintage items personally curated by Nili to reflect her inspirations and brand ethos.
Nili was recognized by the CFDA in 2012 when she was inducted as a member of the esteemed organization. Her collection is regularly featured in top US and international publications and has become a favorite among fashion's elite, including Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Christy Turlington, Jennifer Lawrence, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Julianne Moore, among others.
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Best answer: Can Ukrainian priests marry?
Do Orthodox priests marry?
In which church are priests not allowed to marry?
Can a divorced man become an Orthodox priest?
Are priests allowed to marry?
Why Catholic priests Cannot marry?
Under Orthodox rules, a celibate priest cannot marry after ordination, and a non-celibate priest cannot remarry and remain a priest, even if his wife dies, he said. Widowers who remain celibate can become bishops, but that's happened just once.
But for the best part of a millennium, celibacy has been required of priests in the Roman Catholic tradition. Any decision to ordain married men to the priesthood would be a highly visible and controversial break with the disciplines and traditions of the church.
Yes. Since divorce only impacts your legal status in civil law, it has no impact upon your status in church law.
There is a long-standing practice, though, to require celibacy of Latin (or Roman) rite priests. … For any Catholic priest, if already ordained a priest, they cannot subsequently marry. Likewise, marriage after ordination is not possible ordinarily, without permission of the Holy See.
The Catholic Church argues that celibacy enables priests to devote their entire lives to their flock, to be able to move to another parish or town at a moment's notice, to stand with the poor and marginalized, and to live a daily sacrifice.
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May 28, 2019 [Boulder, Colo.] – River Network will honor four recipients as River Heroes at River Rally, the annual conference for the river conservation and water advocacy community. River Network will also celebrate the recipient of River Network's Emerging Leader Award and this year's Compton Award recipient. River Rally 2019 will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the last time the Cuyahoga River caught fire.
The River Hero Award, currently in its 18th year, honors leaders who go above and beyond what is expected of them on behalf of our nation's waters and rivers. River Heroes are nominated by fellow water advocates, river conservationists, elected officials, community members, and others, and are celebrated at River Rally, the annual conference hosted by River Network (https://www.rivernetwork.org/connect-learn/river-rally/).
This year's awards ceremony at River Rally will also include our first Emerging Leader recognition. This award recognizes someone early in their professional career who deserves attention for their work at the intersection of water and equity.
Rounding out the awards ceremony is the Compton Award, a special recognition from River Network's Board of Directors to one individual whose admirable and noteworthy achievements have benefited multiple communities and rivers over many decades.
"Access to clean water and healthy rivers is not equitable today in the United States," says Nicole Silk, President of River Network. "The individuals being recognized this year are my heroes. Their passionate determination reminds us that nobody should be left behind. Their stories and insights will elevate our sights and inspire more people to become agents for change."
The 2019 River Hero award recipients include:
Dennis Chestnut, Founding Executive Director of Groundwork Anacostia River D.C; Washington, D.C. A lifelong resident of Ward 7 in the far-northeast section of Washington, D.C., Chestnut is a master carpenter and vocational educator, but his dedication to youth development, community improvement, and civic duty has led to his involvement in many conservation projects. Chestnut is the co-founder of the Center for Green Urbanism and chairman of the Friends of Watts Branch. He is a board member of the East of the River Steel Band, SEED D.C. Public Charter School, and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
San Juana "Juani" Olivares, President and CEO, Genesee County Hispanic and Latino Collaborative; Flint, MI.  At the time of the Flint water crisis, Olivares was a volunteer educator at GCHLC, teaching the Spanish-speaking residents of Flint how to navigate the crisis and find clean and safe water. Today, as President and CEO, Olivares uses her knowledge of the needs of her community and her resolve to make a difference to host a range of activities, including educational programming, social services, a water and filter pick up location, a food pantry, and health fairs.
Monica Lewis-Patrick, Co-Founder & President of We the People of Detroit; Detroit, Michican.  Lewis-Patrick is actively engaged in almost every struggle on behalf of Detroit residents. As a former lead legislative policy analyst for Detroit City Council, Lewis-Patrick has authored legislation, conducted research, and delivered constituency services to thousands of city residents. She is a graduate of East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in social work and sociology and a Master of Arts of Liberal Studies with a concentration in criminal justice/sociology and public management. She is currently one of the leaders at the forefront of the water rights struggle in Detroit.
James Rasmussen, Executive Director of the Duwamish Tribe Advisory Council; Seattle, Washington. Rasmussen has been an active voice in environmental, habitat, and community issues along the Duwamish River and in the Seattle region for more than 30 years. Rasmussen has played a fundamental role in the EPA's formation of the Duwamish Superfund Roundtable, which will inform the next phase of the Cleanup Plan. His primary focus in his current role is elevating those most in need of climate justice, including low-income community members, people of color, youth, and elders.
Also being recognized in the spirit of the River Heroes award is:
Mike Fremont, Co-Founder of American Rivers and the Mill Creek Alliance; Cincinnati, Ohio. Fremont is being recognized in the spirit of the River Hero award, having made a tremendous impact on the health and protections for America's waterways since the 1970s. At the age of 96, Fremont continues to run and canoe competitively in his home state of Ohio. Fremont was a key figure in starting what are now known as American Rivers and the Mill Creek Alliance, formerly Rivers Unlimited and the Mill Creek Watershed Council. Fremont continues to take an active role in many local projects advocating for healthy waterways.
The inaugural recipient of the Emerging Leader Award is:
Kevin Jeffrey, Graduate Student at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture; Austin, TX. A student of landscape architecture, Jeffrey is the creator of the Blue Index project and a burgeoning force in the water world. Blue Index, a participatory research project, strives to measure emotional responses to water in the community and will be used to inform Planet Texas 2050's DataX project. Before returning to school, Jeffrey worked in water management in Washington D.C. for public, private and commercial entities. He plans to return to the public sector upon graduation.
The 2019 Compton Award recipient is:
Mark Van Putten, President and CEO, Wege Foundation; Grand Rapids, MI. Prior to his current position at the Wege Foundation, Van Putten served for more than 20 years in various roles at the National Wildlife Federation, including President and CEO. Van Putten's advocacy and litigation career focused on water-related issues at all levels of decision making – international, national, regional, and local. On the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, he was named one of 30 nationwide "Clean Water Heroes." Van Putten is a founding director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1982. Van Putten has also served as a Visiting Scholar in the Energy and Climate Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
All awards will be presented on June 22nd at River Rally 2019, the annual gathering of water protectors and conservationists hosted by River Network.
For more about River Hero Awards, visit https://www.rivernetwork.org/events-learning/awards/river-heroes/.
About River Network
River Network (https://www.rivernetwork.org/) is the foremost nonprofit connecting more than 6,000 nonprofits, agencies, businesses, and communities for greater local impact and healthier rivers across the U.S. River Network envisions a future of clean and ample water for people and nature, where local caretakers are well-equipped, effective, and courageous champions for our rivers.


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Q: IE7 & 8 not fireing jQuery click events for elements appended inside a table I have an IE bug that I'm not sure how to fix.
Using jQuery I'm dynamically moving a menu to appear on an element on mouseover.
My code (simplified) looks something like this:
$j = jQuery.noConflict();

$j(document).ready(function()
{
    //do something on the menu clicks
    $j('div.ico').click(function() { alert($j(this).parent().html()); });

    setUpActions('#tableId', '#menuId');
});

//on mouseover set up the actions menu to appear on mouseover
function setUpActions(tableSelector, menuSelector)
{
    $j(tableSelector + ' div.test').mouseover(function()
    {
        //note that append will move the underlying
        //DOM element with all events from it's old
        //parent to the end of this one.
        $j(this).append($j(menuSelector).show());
    });
}

This menu doesn't seem to register events correctly for the menu after it's been moved in IE7, IE8 and IE8-as-IE7 (yeah MS, that's really a 'new rendering engine' in IE8, we all believe you).
It works as expected in everything else.
You can see the behaviour in a basic demo here.
In the demo you can see two examples of the issue:

*

*The image behind the buttons should change on hover (done with a CSS :hover selector). It works on the first mouseover but then persists.

*The click event doesn't fire – however with the dev tools you can manually call it and it is still subscribed.

You can see (2) in IE8's dev tools:

*

*Open page in IE8

*Open dev tools

*Select "Script" tab and "Console" sub-tab

*Type: $j('#testFloat div.ico:first').click() to manually call any subscribed events

*There will be an alert on the page

This means that I'm not losing the event subscriptions, they're still there, IE's just not calling them when I click.
Does anyone know why this bug occurs (other than just because of IE's venerable engine)?
Is there a workaround?
Could it be something that I'm doing wrong that just happens to work as expected in everything else?

A: I had the same problem, but none of the previous solutions worked. The problem turned out to be that IE7 (I haven't tested other versions of IE) will not register the .click if it's chained after an animate function. So this will NOT work:
$("div.menubar-item").animate({
    color:"#000"
}, 0)

.click(function()
{
    //not firing
})

But this WILL work
$("div.menubar-item").click(function()
{
    //firing!
})

$("div.menubar-item").animate({
    color:"#000"
}, 0)

EDIT: The same is true for mouseenter, mouseleave, etc.
EDIT 2: It will still fire events and animate if you chain the animate function AFTER the click, so this is "valid" too:
$("div.menubar-item").click(function()
{
    //firing!
})

.animate({
    color:"#000"
}, 0)

A: Strangely, although your click event isn't firing in IE, if you change it to either mousedown or mouse up it works as you'd expect although you still have your image hover issue.
$j('div.ico').mouseup(function() { alert($j(this).parent().html()); });

A: IE doesn't copy events to items dynamically appended to the DOM.
Try binding your click event after you have added what you need to be bound or use .live()
if you are using clone() remember to pass clone(true) to explicitly request copying of event handlers.
var actionMenu = $j(menuSelector);

//actionMenu is now an Instance of jQuery, not the DOM object
//because jQuery is chainable

actionMenu.hide();

// notice the clone(true)

$j(this).append( actionMenu.clone(true) );

jQuery is chainable, so you can also write this in "jQuery" syntax as:
var clone = $j(menuSelector)
               .clone(true)
               .css('background-color', $j(this).css('background-color') );

$j(this).append(clone);

I don't think you need the show/hide since it happens so fast.

A: I would highly recommend using the Live events instead from the latest jquery.
this way you can bind to elements by css class which have not been created at the beginning but the click binding will be added when the new elements are added:
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live


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Found an awesome deal on Sheba Perfect Portions Seafood Variety Pack, 48 ct. Wet Cat Food Trays for $6.01. Shipping is Free with Alexa or purchase 5 to get the Free Shipping as this is an Add On item. These usually range in price from $14 to $19. Limit of 5 per account.
There's an additional seller (BWP Direct - Fulfillment by Amazon). Click on: "New (15) from $5.99 & FREE shipping".
Regardless, I would still buy at $8.
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the Alexa trick doesn't work anymore... hasn't worked since last week.
can anyone still get it to work?
That's how I bought them.
I've used the Alexa trick for add-on products for years.
All of a sudden, it just stopped working for me last week.
looks like BWP direct pulled out too...only listing 14 sellers now. $8.08 still the cheapest.
$8.08 was still a deal. I only took two, made the free shipping with the pill pockets I needed.
Why? Do you have a cat that needs meds who will bite if you try to pry open his mouth and shove pills down twice a day? But will eat it happily if you wrap it in a pill pockets? I have two cats like that.
Alexa won't work for me either :/ it just wants to add it to my cart although it's already in my cart.
Last edited by amydionne33 May 17, 2018 at 10:24 AM.
Now $8.74. Order 3 and you'll meet the minimum for add-on. As you order it will jack the price up for others.
Showing $10.08 each now for me.